Cimitero dei Cappuccini, terza camera, Roma

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Cimitero dei Cappuccini, terza camera, Roma

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Date
about 1875–1879
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
Italian
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum

A crypt where the walls are entirely covered in human skulls. There are three skeletons wearing robes posed in standing positions and holding crosses and signs. A fourth skeleton in robes is posed on the adjacent wall in a reclining pose, cradling a cross in its arms.

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